As Hamidiye Culture and Education Foundation ("Foundation"), we attach importance to the security of your personal data as the data controller within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"). This text explains the purposes for which personal data obtained through our website is processed and your rights.
1. Data Controller
Hamidiye Culture and Education Foundation
Address: Ihlamurkuyu Mah. Balaban St. No:31/2 Hamidiye Apartmanı, Ümraniye / Istanbul
2. Personal Data Processed
Depending on the transaction you carry out on our site, the following data may be processed:
- Identity data: name-surname; T.R. if requested in the application forms. identification number.
- Contact data: email address, phone number.
- Request and application data: your contact form message and subject information, your application form responses, your application number.
- Transaction security data: IP address (retained in hashed form in visit statistics), browser and device information, pages visited, time spent on page, referrer address, session information.
- Interaction data: your newsletter subscription preference, WhatsApp contact button interactions.
3. Purposes of Processing
- Meeting your communication and information requests, answering your questions,
- Receiving and evaluating applications for our training, courses and activities,
- Sending announcements and bulletins upon your request,
- Ensuring the security of the website and preventing abuse,
- Improving content and service quality by analyzing site usage,
- Fulfillment of obligations arising from the legislation to which our foundation is subject.
4. Legal Reasons
Your personal data in accordance with Article 5 of the KVKK; Based on the legal grounds of your explicit consent (newsletter subscription and non-essential cookies), necessity for the conclusion or performance of a contract (your applications), fulfillment of legal obligation and legitimate interest of the data controller (site security and improvement). processed.
5. Collection Method
Your personal data; It is collected in whole or in part by automatic means, through forms on our website, your communication via e-mail and telephone, as well as cookies and similar technologies.
6. Transfer
Your personal data, to the extent necessary for the provision of the service; It may be transferred to our hosting and e-mail infrastructure providers, the providers of the channels you prefer to communicate with, and legally authorized public institutions and organizations in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK. Your data will not be shared or sold to third parties.
7. Storage Period
Your personal data is stored for the period necessary for the purpose for which they are processed and until the end of the statute of limitations stipulated in the relevant legislation; If these periods expire, they are deleted, destroyed or made anonymous. Your newsletter subscription continues until you terminate the subscription.
8. Your Rights as a Relevant Person
According to Article 11 of KVKK; You have the right to learn whether your personal data has been processed, to request information if it has been processed, to learn the purpose of processing and whether it has been used in accordance with its purpose, to know the third parties to whom it has been transferred, to request that it be corrected if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly, to request that it be deleted or destroyed, to request that these transactions be notified to third parties to whom the transfer has been made, to object to the emergence of a result against you by analyzing it exclusively with automatic systems, and to request compensation for the damage if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing.
9. Reference
You can submit your requests regarding your rights, along with information proving your identity, by e-mail to [email protected] or in writing to the above address. Your requests will be finalized free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty (30) days at the latest, depending on their nature.
This text may be revised in line with legislative changes or updates to our data processing processes. The current text is published on this page.